Day 10 - Our last full day on the cruise

 Lynda finally figured out what she did wrong with the last two posts.  Hopefully, this one turns out correctly.  Before we forget to mention it, the bathroom plug is behind the mirror.  A most unusual place to put it.  The one thing that the boat doesn’t have is a nightlight in the room, so you could find your way to the bathroom in the middle of the night when you have the blackout drapes drawn.  It would help you not bumping your way around.

After breakfast we broke into groups for a city tour of Chalo-sur-Saone.  We chose the gentle group, and once again, had a private tour with a guide we had once before on another tour.  Today was market day and we had fun checking out all the different stalls.  Even got some tastings in of juice, cheese, and caramel.  Of course, we bought some of the caramel.  Some of the stalls had food already prepared that you could take home for lunch or dinner later in the day. Many of the women had covered rolling carts where they put their purchases.

We left the market and strolled the lanes.  Shops were starting to open and the Nannie’s were taking the young children for an outing.  Children start school at 3 years old. The younger ones are either taken care of by their mothers or Nannie’s.  Lynda bought a puff pastry that was a specialty item, plus a pair of very expensive socks.  They were the only thin socks she had seen and her feet were still swollen.

Again, the buildings are similar to those of other towns.  Each has a church and some important monument.  After a while, it all starts to blur together.  You feel you are on overload.  Sometimes, buildings or even churches are built on top of the old Roman walls.  We cut the tour short a bit as Lynda needed to get off her swollen feet.  Getting older sucks.

After lunch, Lynda started the process of packing the suitcases for our departure tomorrow. She even had Howard using the hair dryer to finish drying some of the socks she had washed out the night before.

Packing mostly finished, we went up for afternoon tea.  Ordered the tea tray and cut into the pastry Lynda had bought on the recommendation of the guide.  At afternoon tea, Lynda finally got a picture of was the picture of the sunset from the bow of the ship. It was cold out, but tolerable for the short time it took to get the picture.

Last dinner aboard the boat and a time to take a picture with our favorite server and the head of the restaurant staff.  

We went back to the cabin to finish that last minute packing.  Our suitcases need to be outside our room by 7:30 tomorrow morning. Of course, we can’t forget the Cruise Manager, Marianna, who is from Argentina.  She has been most helpful and caring this entire trip.  She was with us in Nice, on the cruise, and will be with us again in Geneva.  She gets a 5 star +++ rating in our book.

Cheers, 

Toot and Teaser